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Both the Soil group and System Of A Down fought and are still fighting against the Turkish denial of the Armenian genocide in 1915, and promote the acceptance of the fact of genocide by the governments of the United States and Turkey.

In 1995, the musicians received a contract to release an album from the famous music producer Rick Rubin and began recording their first album, System of a Down. This album is being presented for the first time at a Slayer concert, with System of a Down performing as the opening act. The musicians release their next album 3 years after their debut album. Toxicity differs little in style from the first album and continues the musical philosophy of the band. Listeners like contrasting, but nevertheless harmonious-sounding transitions from fast passages to slow ones and from loud melodies to quiet ones. The band's music is based on this - and it becomes business card System of a Down, which are rapidly gaining new fans both in the US and abroad.

In 2002, the third album Steal This Album! was released, which contains songs originally written for Toxicity, but not published on it. As in previous albums, the lyrics are about politics American government, which has been heavily criticized and also about social issues.

In 2003, Tankian collaborated with the Armenian avant-garde folk music performer Arto Tankboyachyan, the result of which was the SerArt project and the release of a record of the same name.

In 2005, System Of A Down released the album "Mezmerize". It enjoys enormous commercial success and has been in first place in the charts in 11 countries for a long time. But Mezmerize is only part music project group, consisting of two albums. Together with the album Hypnotize, released on November 18, 2005, it forms a single whole, as in musically, and in terms of content. According to the musicians, they separated the two albums to give listeners time to get acquainted with the first half of their songs before releasing the second half.

System of a Down is known for not having a specific style. Their music contains elements of various musical styles- metal, heavy metal, nu metal, metalcore, punk rock, and even Armenian folk music. Other distinguishing feature Armenian-American team - this is their critical texts. Their criticism is directed primarily at American policies, as well as the means mass media. Almost all the lyrics are written by the band's guitarist Daron Malakian. System of a Down is also characterized by contrasting vocals. Powerful voice lead singer Tankian is typically accompanied by loud, fast, and aggressive guitar riffs, while backing singer Malakian's higher-pitched, softer vocals are typically accompanied by slower, more melodic passages. In 2005, the group System of a Down filmed documentary called Screamers, about the Armenian genocide. This film is dubbed in English, and subtitles are given in Armenian.

In May 2006, the group announced a "vacation". Malakyan said that most likely the “vacation” would last several years, while Odadjian, in an interview with Guitar magazine, set a more specific time frame, at least three years. He told MTV: "We're not breaking up, we're just taking a long break to do our own thing. We've been dedicated to System of a Down for over 10 years, it's time to take a break."

And it happened! On October 31, 2009, the long-awaited performance took place almost full composition groups, with the exception of Serge. Also, it is unknown, either as part of the group, or maybe just for company, Frankie Forelli, the second guitarist of Scars On Broadway, performed with them. Serge has not yet commented on the System of a Down reunion, but we hope that in the near future the group will play with its former lineup :)

Discography

Albums

* System of a Down (LP, June 30, 1998) Platinum
* Toxicity (LP, September 4, 2001) triple platinum
* Steal This Album! (LP, November 26, 2002) Platinum
* Mezmerize (LP, May 17, 2005) Platinum
* Hypnotize (LP, November 22, 2005) Platinum

Singles

* 1999: Sugar E.P.
* 2000: Spiders
* 2001: Johnny
* 2001: Chop Suey!
* 2001: Toxicity
* 2002: Aerials
* 2005: B.Y.O.B.
* 2005: Question!
* 2005: Hypnotize
* 2006: Lonely Day

Official website of the group:
www.systemofadown.com

Russian sites:

AllSOAD.Info - All about System of a down
Tankian.ru - Serj Tankian
www.soadnews.ru - unofficial blog with the latest news

System of a Down(S.O.A.D.) is an Armenian-American alternative metal rock band from Los Angeles, founded in 1995. All five studio albums released by the group went platinum.

History of the group

In 1993, lead singer Serj Tankian and guitarist Daron Malakian founded the group Soil. Then Andy Khachaturian, who left the band in 1995 and now plays in the band The Apex Theory, played drums. Then, in 1995, Shavo Odadjian joined the group. He visited the same private school in California, the same as Tankian and Malakian, and therefore was well acquainted with both musicians. At first he was supposed to become the group's manager, but it turned out that he was the one who filled the empty role of bass guitarist. John Dolmayan filled the drummer's position and System Of A Down was formed.

In the same year, the musicians received a contract to release an album from the famous music producer Rick Rubin and began recording their first album, “System Of A Down.” This album is being presented for the first time at a Slayer concert, with System Of A Down performing as the opening act. The musicians release their next album 3 years after their debut album. “Toxicity” differs little in style from the first album and continues the musical philosophy of the band. Listeners like contrasting, but nevertheless harmonious-sounding transitions from fast passages to slow ones and from loud melodies to quiet ones. This is what the band's music is based on - and this becomes the calling card of System Of A Down, who are rapidly winning new fans both in the US and abroad. In 2002, the third album, Steal This Album!, was released, which contains songs originally written for Toxicity, but not published on it. As in previous albums, the lyrics deal with the policies of the American government, which is subject to severe criticism, as well as social problems. Again, three years pass after the previous album, after which the next record is released. In 2005, System Of A Down released the album Mezmerize. It enjoys enormous commercial success and for a long time will take 1st place in the charts in 11 countries. But Mezmerize is only part of the group's musical project, which consists of two albums. Together with the album “Hypnotize”, released on November 18, 2005, it forms a single whole, both musically and in terms of content. According to the musicians, they separated the two albums to give listeners time to get acquainted with the first half of their songs before releasing the second half.

System Of A Down are known for not having a specific style. Their music contains elements of various musical styles - heavy metal, nu metal, metalcore, punk rock, and even Armenian folk music. Another distinctive feature of the Armenian-American team is their critical texts. Their criticism is directed primarily at American politics, as well as the media. Also in some songs S.O.A.D. draw listeners' attention to the Armenian genocide.

In addition to political and social texts, the group has songs telling about everyday situations; for example, the song "Kill Rock 'N Roll" is about guitarist Daron Malakian running over a hare. Humor also plays an important role in the band's work. Vivid examples for this - the compositions “This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I"m On This Song” or “Vicinity Of Obscenity”. Almost all the lyrics are written by the band’s guitarist Daron Malakian and vocalist Serj Tankian.

System Of A Down is also characterized by contrasting vocals. Lead singer Tankian's powerful voice is usually accompanied by loud, fast, and aggressive guitar riffs, while backing singer Malakian's higher-pitched, softer vocals are usually accompanied by slower, more melodic passages.

The band's name "System Of A Down" comes from the title of a poem written by Daron Malakian called "Victims of a Down", in which the article "A" is an abbreviation for the word "America" ​​(Russian "Victims of the American Fall"). Therefore, the name System Of A Down can be translated into Russian as “System of the American Fall.” [Source?]

Although the band has songs about drugs, none of the band members are addicted to heroin, cocaine or any other hard drug. But at the same time, they do not deny that they sometimes smoke marijuana.

Discography

Albums
System of a Down (LP, June 30, 1998) - Platinum
Toxicity (LP, September 4, 2001) - triple platinum
Steal This Album! (LP, November 26, 2002) - Platinum
Mezmerize (LP, May 17, 2005) - Platinum
Hypnotize (LP, November 22, 2005) - Platinum

Singles
1999: Sugar E.P.
2000: Spiders
2001: Johnny
2001: Chop Suey!
2001: Toxicity
2002: Aerials
2005: B.Y.O.B.
2005: Question!
2005: Hypnotize
2006: Lonely Day

Video
1998: War?
1998: Sugar - Director: Nathan Cox
1999: Spiders - Director: Charlie Dew
2001: Chop Suey - Directors: Marcos Siega / Shavo Odadjian
2002: Toxicity - Director: Shavo Odadjian
2002: Aerials - Director: Shavo Odadjian
2003: Boom! - Director: Michael Moore
2005: B.Y.O.B. - Director: Jake Nava
2005: Question! - Directors: Shavo Odadjian / Howard Greenhalgh
2005: Hypnotize - Director: Shavo Odadjian
2006: Lonely Day - Directors: Josh Melnick and Xander Charity

Awards
2005: MTV Europe Music Award - Best Alternative Group
2006: Grammy - Best Hard Rock Performance (for the song B.Y.O.B.)
2006: ECHO - Best International Alternative Group

Tankian, Serge

Material from Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia

Real name Serj Tankian
Date of birth August 21, 1967
Place of birth: Beirut, Lebanon
Years 1995-
Country: USA
Profession Singer, Keys, Guitar
Genre Rock
Serj Tankian (born August 21, 1967, Beirut, Lebanon) - vocalist American rock band System of a Down. Armenian by origin.

Biography
Serge was born in Lebanon (August 21, 1967) and lived there as a child. At the age of 8, he moved to Los Angeles with his parents and younger brother Severd. There he began studying music at the Armenian school "Rose & Alex Pilibosl", while simultaneously studying marketing. Also in Los Angeles, he joined a large Armenian community. He has his own label, Serjical Strike Records, and has published his book of poetry, Cool Gardens. Serge paid for the first editions of the book at the expense of his small production company software Ultimate Solutions.
In 1994 he met Daron Malakyan, together they organized the group "Soil". The lineup also included drummer Andy (AnSovsEm will kill Khachaturian). But then, due to disagreements, he left the group, meanwhile our heroes meet Shavo Odadjian. At that time he worked in a bank and studied at the same music school as Serge. He temporarily became their manager, but later quit his job and became a bassist, thereby forming the group System of A down. In which John Dolmayan, who replaced Andy, also played and still plays.
In 2005 they meet again. But they are already established people, almost everyone has their own business (from a small cafe to record company). This is how the album “Mezmerize” and then “Hypnotize” were released.
Now Serj Tankian has a solo project. His debut album Elect The Dead, consisting of both old songs that for one reason or another were not included in the System Of A Down repertoire, and completely new material, is released on October 23. For a concert tour in support of his album, Tankian plans to assemble a lineup that will be called Serj Tankian And The FCC. The tour in support of the album began on October 12 in Chicago. It is planned to shoot a video for each of the 12 songs on the album.
01 - Empty Walls
02 - The Unthinking Majority
03 - Money
04 - Feed Us
05 - Saving Us
06 - Sky Is Over
07 - Baby
08 - Honking Antelope
09 - Lie Lie Lie
10 - Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition
11 - Beethoven's Cunt
12 - Elect The Dead

There is also Limited Edition version album, which includes 17 songs: 12 of the above

13 - Blue
14 - Empty Walls (Acoustic)
15 - Feed Us (Acoustic)
16 - Falling Stars
17 - The Reverend King

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Alternative metal band from Glendale, PC. California, USA, founded in 1994. All five studio albums released by the group went platinum. All members of the group have Armenian roots.

In 1992, lead singer Serj Tankian and guitarist Daron Malakian formed Soil (not to be confused with the Chicago, Illinois-based band SOiL), with Domingo Lareño on drums and Dave Hacopian on bass. Around this time they met Shavo Odadjian. About a year later, with a semblance of a jam session and one live concert under their belt, Dave and Domingo left the group because... in their opinion, it has no future (Hakopian will later create the group The Apex Theory, which in 2007 will change its name to Mt. Helium). Soil subsequently disbanded and Tankian and Malakian founded a new group, System of a Down. The band's name System of a Down comes from the title of a poem written by Daron Malakian called "Victims of a Down". Shavo Odadjian believed that the word System (system, device) would appeal to the public much more than Victims (victims); they also wanted their records to stand on a par with the records of the group Slayer. Odadjian was initially the manager and promoter of the group, but soon took the place of the bass guitarist, the vacancy of the drummer was filled by Andy Khachaturian (also one of the founders of The Apex Theory), who left the band in 1997 due to a hand injury and was replaced by John Dolmayan.

Both the Soil group and System Of A Down fought and are still fighting against the Turkish denial of the Armenian genocide in 1915, and promote the acceptance of the fact of genocide by the governments of the United States and Turkey.

In 1995, the musicians received a contract to release an album from the famous music producer Rick Rubin and began recording their first album, “System of a Down.” This album is being presented for the first time at a Slayer concert, with System of a Down performing as the opening act. The musicians release their next album 3 years after their debut album. Toxicity differs little in style from the first album and continues the musical philosophy of the band. Listeners like contrasting, but nevertheless harmonious-sounding transitions from fast passages to slow ones and from loud melodies to quiet ones. The band's music is based on this - and this becomes the calling card of System of a Down, which is rapidly gaining new fans both in the United States and abroad.

In 2002, the third album, Steal This Album!, was released, which contains songs originally written for Toxicity, but not published on it. As in previous albums, the lyrics deal with the policies of the American government, which is subject to harsh criticism, as well as social problems.

In 2003, Tankian collaborated with the Armenian avant-garde folk music performer Arto Tankboyachyan, the result of which was the SerArt project and the release of a record of the same name.

In 2005, System Of A Down released the album "Mezmerize". It enjoys enormous commercial success and has been in first place in the charts in 11 countries for a long time. But Mezmerize is only part of the group's musical project, which consists of two albums. Together with the album Hypnotize, released on November 18, 2005, it forms a single whole, both musically and in terms of content. According to the musicians, they separated the two albums to give listeners time to get acquainted with the first half of their songs before releasing the second half.

System of a Down is known for not having a specific style. Their music contains elements of various musical styles - metal, heavy metal, nu metal, metalcore, punk rock, and even Armenian folk music. Another distinctive feature of the Armenian-American team is their critical texts. Their criticism is directed primarily at American politics, as well as the media. Almost all the lyrics are written by the band's guitarist Daron Malakian. System of a Down is also characterized by contrasting vocals. Lead singer Tankian's powerful voice is usually accompanied by loud, fast, and aggressive guitar riffs, while backing singer Malakian's higher-pitched, softer vocals are usually accompanied by slower, more melodic passages. In 2005, the group System of a Down made a documentary film called Screamers, telling the story of the Armenian genocide. This film is dubbed in English, and subtitles are given in Armenian.

In May 2006, the group announced a "hiatus". Malakyan said that most likely the “vacation” would last several years, while Odadjian, in an interview with Guitar magazine, set a more specific time frame, at least three years. He told MTV: “We're not breaking up, we're just taking a long break to do our own thing. We've dedicated more than 10 years to System of a Down, and it's time to take a break."

And it happened! On October 31, 2009, the long-awaited performance of almost the entire group took place, with the exception of Serge. Also, it is unknown, either as part of the group, or maybe just for company, Frankie Forelli, the second guitarist of Scars On Broadway, performed with them. Serge has not yet commented on the System of a Down reunion, but we hope that in the near future the group will play with its former lineup.

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